nun-bird Ornith.
[f. nun n.1]
A South American puff-bird of the genus Monacha.
| 1881 Sclater Jacamars & Puff-birds 146 The White-winged Nunbird [Monacha nigra] was one of the first South American birds known to scientific naturalists. Ibid. 153 The Peruvian White-faced Nunbird seems to be an abundant and generally distributed species in Upper Amazonia. Ibid. 158 Monacha pallescens, the Pale Nunbird. |